The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-07-15
THE STATE.
The measles have been raging at Green's
Landing for the past three weeks.

The measles have been raging at Green's
Landing for the past three weeks.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Mr.. Sherman Douglass is meeting with
good success in his efforts to organize mill
tary company at Bar Harbor, says the Her
aid. Over fifty men have enrolled their
Names A meeting has been held for the
purpose OF organization.
The insurance journal, the Standard, has a
very forcible article concerning the lack of
facilities for fighting fires in Ellsworth. AT
the time of the Pennington and EaStpOrt
fires the PRESS pointed out the unprotected
condition of Ellsworth. Nothing has been
done since then, and the Standard now says
that proper notice of the serious situation in
Ellsworth is to be given to the insurance
companies interested in business there, and
sixty days have been given the town in
which to move in the matter of water-works.
If, at the end of that time, say about the first
of September, the companies are not conf
IDENTIFY assured that the town is to be pro-
tected by water supply, insurance rates will
be advanced to prices commensurate to the
hazard involved; and it is undoubtedly true
that many of the companies now doing BUSH
ness, will retire altogether from the city.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The project of building pulp mill at Au::
gusta is still under consideration. Recently
the Edwards Company refused an offer from
parties wishing to lease the sawmill ON the
tdob Slut anu pldCt IL III thorough repair. as
the leasing and operating of the mill might
interfere with the building of the proposed
new works.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
r. E. Robinson & Co., grocers, of BangQ
have suspended, with liabilities of 'ssS55ee5 and
nominal assets of 5000.
The cigar makers. thirteen in number, en-
higher pay, and nine of them have left for
Boston. Mr.. Lewis thinks the men have
been receiving as much pay as they are en-
titled to, aDd will not consent to the demands
of the strikers.
.easf SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Skowhegan water company has con-
tracted with the Worthington:C Company of
Boston to put in water works in that village
and work is to be begun about August 1st.
Llewellyn Morrow of Norridgewock came
very near being killed. He was thrown from
his moving machine and dragged 40 rods I'M
der the scythe with the horses running. He
saved his life by pushing his clothes into the
knife. The double-tree broke and let the
horses from the machine. His arms, sides
and abdomen were badly cut
Some three weeks ago, parties from Day
ton, Ohio, were at Madison looking over the
water privilege with view to building
pulp mill. They returned the latter part of
last week and bonded privilege and land of
John Ilnkham, on the west side of the river
lOI thirty udyS, anu nave an engineer max
ing preliminary survey.
Three millions of spruce are running over
the dam at Skowhegan daily. Weston &
Brainard have 43 men and donkey engine
at work on the big jam in their boom, and If
1t were not for the logs gathering ON the up
per end they would soon clear it out, bus the
accumulation there will prolong the job con-
siderably. 1t is heavy job, and adds large
ly to their expense above that of other years.
The Skowhegan Reporter chronicles sever
al important sales of real estate in its vii
lage The Vosmus tannery, with some IS
acres of land, has been purchased by S. w.
Gould, ESQ., The old Morrill, lot and build
ings. so called, and the Amos Fletcher pro-
perty, consisting of the old bakery and liv-
cry stable occupied by G. S. Hill, have been
purchased by r. w. Brown and w. II. Ward,
for $4,000.
WALDO COUNTY.
The town of Brooks is meeting with good
success in refunding its Indebtedness.
The Council of Sisters of Industry, No.
5201, Knights of Labor, of Belfast, surren
dered its charter last week. This is branch
of the order for women. The Council was at
one time prosperous, but went into decline
and surrendered for the want of interest and
support
The East Maine Conference has appointed
a four days temperance campmeeting at
Northport, beginning the second week in
tn,uSuoI' i1uiincHt speakers VIII De present.
Tue first days exercises will be devoted to
Good Iemplarism; the second to the Wom-
ans Christian Union; the third to Chill
dren's Juvenile work; and the fourth to
Prohibition.
YORK COUNTY.
Mr.. George H. Gould, for the past three
years principal of the academy at West Leb-
anon, has severed his connection with the
institution.
William G. Noyes, the six year old son of
Editor William S. Noyes of Saco, while
riding on gravel cart Wednesday morning,
fell under the wheels and received injuries